A few more things about me: I grew up in Belgium and moved to Canada at the age of 25. After living in Quebec, in the Yukon and in British Columbia, I am making a temporary stop in Ontario in the Summer and Fall of 2024 until I can move permanently to the US to live with my wonderful husband of 4 years. I am the mom of a girl and a boy and step-mom of 2 boys. Our kids are between the ages of 17 and 22.

 

For the last 25 years, my work included educating about health and nutrition, providing support to women in different non-profit agencies and government programs (including the Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program), and as an educator from K to 12 in public schools. Since 2017, I've also been working as a professional Health Coach with individuals and groups, in person and online. Exciting news: I am in the process of training and studying to become National Board Certified (NBHWC) in March  2025.

 

I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics, several coaching certificates (Health, Life, Transformational Coaching from the Health Coach Institute) and a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from eCornell University. I am also trained in trauma-informed care.

 

In my spare time, I love to travel, spend time cooking and eating with my family, watch videos, summits and documentaries about Health, Nutrition, Lifestyle and Spirituality, walk in nature (planning on walking the Camino de Santiago before 2030), swim, practice Yoga and Barre at home or at a local studio, learn how to cook new plant-based recipes and write in my vast collection of journals and notebooks.
Another success story

From Jamie, my Plant-Powered Sweet Husband:

My story began in 2011 when I "unintentionally" started my transition to a Whole Foods, Plant-Based (WFPB) diet. At the time, I was in my late 30's, active, and considered myself to be healthy. My only health issues at the time were my near- constant arthritic pain that I had since I was a teenager, and recently being told by my doctor that I had high cholesterol with recommendation to be placed on a statin prescription. My doctor comforted me by telling me that this was a common thing and part of getting older. I'm not exactly sure if this was the impetus, but I decided at about that time to do some crazy challenge to see if I could go without eating meat for a week. A week turned into 2 weeks. My taste buds and cravings began to change and I soon noticed that my arthritic pain virtually disappeared. Finding myself in disbelief as to what I was experiencing, I began to dig a little deeper into the research. This led to the elimination of dairy, eggs, and lastly, the oh so addictive cheese. The results were even more astonishing. My skin cleared up, I slept better, experienced fewer headaches, felt more energized, noticed quicker recoveries from workouts, increased stamina, more focus, and a feeling of vitality. A few months later I returned to my doctor for a follow-up and was informed that my total cholesterol dropped from 210 to 128 in the matter of months without the use of medication! Whatever skepticism that I may have had remaining was quickly put aside seeing and feeling these results.

Over a decade later and I feel younger than I did in 2011 when I began this journey. By following this lifestyle, I'm at my body's natural weight and am able to eat without restriction, when my body desires. Most importantly, it's a great feeling of empowerment that we do have a large amount of control over our health outcomes. The food choices that we make each day can be the difference between eating just to survive, or eating to THRIVE.

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